Maderville

A Picture is Worth a

Thousand Words....

I hesitated to post this picture because I thought it was a personal moment between the two of us but I couldn't help but think of everything it meant to both of us being there in that moment. I look at it and see something totally different than most of you will. I see 21 months of grieving, fear, pain, anger, sadness and frustration being drastically softened. It will never go away but it has been replaced with a love I knew existed but never fully knew. Now I know its glory and it is divine! I also see the better side of two people that have weathered a lot together because they have felt an outpouring of love and friendship not experienced by most. We are eternally grateful for all of our friends and family who have not left our sides throughout this pregnancy. I said at the beginning of this pregnancy that if I had my husband and one good friend at the end of it, I would feel like I had accomplished something BIG. As far as I know, everyone I started with is still around. The one thing I know for sure is that my friends are my family and my family are my friends....what a lucky girl I am.